Where does Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. ranks #34,012 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. hold?

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. has an Innovation Score of 21.4 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. focus on?

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s patents?

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s patents average 14.8 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zoran ranks #34,012 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#34,012
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.4/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34012 · Foreign Corporation #34,012 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #34,012/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zappos IP
CPC-NARROW H04N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zappos IP LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Zoran’s 21.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 7.6 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zoran (FRANCE) · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zoran's Innovation Score is 21.4/100 (8th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Zoran?

Each dot is one of Zoran’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Zoran’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Zoran vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Zoran's grants concentrate

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). By volume, Zoran sits between Zilliz Inc. and Zappos IP LLC.

Zilliz

8
Zipstring

8
Zipwhip

8
Zkteco USA

8
Zumex Group

8
ZUP

8
Zyvex Labs

8
Zappos IP

8
Zoran (France) ◀

8

What this shows Zoran holds 8 patents at rank #33,975, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zoran

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,975 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Zoran's primary technology class.

Zoran's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	50.0%
2016	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zoran (FRANCE) S.A.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #34,012 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zoran (FRANCE) S.A. against Zilliz Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

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